The Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 84, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 20, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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LAST DAYS
OF ELISHA
The Prophet Proveth ll>i Joaah.
STORY BY THE ‘HIGHWAY AND
BYWAY" PREACHER
lOuprriChi. >#». u» Ui* Auibor, W.». EJ»on )
Scripture Authority—2 Kings 13:
9-25. ,
SERMONETTE.
! \ Last days com# to all, but to < >
] | non# do th#y bring auch com- \ !
i i fort and #weetn#«# aa to th# on# |
I [ who ha# walked with Qod. , ,
Last day# are not nec##aar-
J [ ily frultle*# day#, for ev«n from
a sick bed th# servant of God
may prove the mouthpiece of
God speaking words of admoni-
tion and prophecy.
Physical pain and the ebbing
of lif#’# current cannot prevent ■
the tru# child of God from ]
rounding out hi# mission In <
life.
During the long years of —rv- ,
Ice a# prophet In Israel Elisha '
had seen a steady and sure de- .
• *!■> AlUUna an«i mnrsl *
But when the messenger, had come
saying that the prophet Elisha was
dying and that he wished to see him,
there spept over him a realisation of
what the nation would lose with the
passing away of this man of God. He
had had a contempt for his religion,
but not for the stirring part he had
played in the history of the nation
from before his grandfather Jehu’s
time down to the present. The story
of how the prophet Elisha had sent
the word and the anointing oil which
had encouraged Jehu to seize (he king-
dom from the house of Ahab had been
told him over and over again by his
grandfather as he had stood at his knee
when a boy, and now as word came
that the prophet was dying there
swept over him a sense of loss to the
nation which almost made him trem-
ble. Thus moved, he had gone.
What a scene* arid experience that
had been. With the memory of the
death of his own father fresh in his
mind he had gone to the death cham-
ber of the prophet expecting to find
again that gloom, that despair, that
hopelessness which he had somehow
come to think was always part of the
death scene, but Instead he had f ■ ind
cheer Instead of gloom, expectancy
and hopefulness Instead of despair and
hopelessness. Physical wcasness there
was. and It was plain to see that the
sands of life were running out fast,
but .there was a moral strength there
which told only too plainly that that
In the religious and moral j j j. fleeting life was conscious of being
i linked with, the eternal and that
j though earth was passing the things
which the life had stood for would go
on after he had passed away.
| King Joash had run over In his mind
j the comforting things he would try
; »o say. but as he had entered the
room where the old prophet lay and
' had felt those quiet, earnest, search-
ing eye* fixed upon his face, he had
I forgotten everything except that here
j was a man who rose above physical
| weakness, and In that Instant there
came to his mind a faint realization
that it was the character behind s
man after all. and not physical
j strength or worldly position, which
! counted.
j intuitively he felt that the true
In the presence
| of death, and in that first moment
In the prophet's chamber there swept
over him the contrast between hi* own
father, fearful and helpless, and In ter-
| ror of death, and this roan of Ood
who, just on the borderland of eter
nlty, gave no sign that be feared for
himself, but rather that he was not
j only master of himself but of others
Thera was that quiet serenity and con-
fidence which betokened a mysterious
source of power, and Instead of the
king commiserating with a dying sub-
ject and speaking word* of comfort,.
; he rather felt like a child in the pres-
ence of its teacher receiving instrtio-
ciine
tone of the people, and he knew ,
of the ultimate national calam-
ity which was to come with the
ecattering of the people through
all the nations about, but not-
withstanding all this he saw the
final triumph of God and his
righteousness; he realized that
though men felled, God would
not: he understood the eternal
truth that men's wickedness
might delay, but could not
thwart the Divine will, thus was
he able during thoaa dark daye
of spiritual -decline to keep
cheerful and hopeful. And It it
this realization on the part of
the servant of God of the ulti-
mate triumph of the Divine will
end purpose In th# world which ! man stood revealed
makes of them optimists instead
of pessimists.
Not many year# ago a woman
who had bean an earnest and
faithful and efficient worker in
th# slums of New York took her
own life, owing to the depree-
Sion which had coma to her be-
cause the task of uplifting the
people seemed so utterly hope-
less, How different it vyould
have been had ahe seen with
Gcd'a eye and realized that be-
yond the span of the human life,
and above the plena of the hu-
man mmd Ood rules and moves.
Wi all need with Browning to “see ]
that God is in hi# heavens, and < > To relieve, tbe tenseness of that mo-
• k.S Ali i. ___l * .^tSk. tb. _- * > ... . ...
that ail’is watt with the world.”
Not well in the sense that the
beet has yet been realized, but
w#IT*Sn the eenee that God I#
slowly but surely working out
hts glorious purposes in the
world which ere to find their
ultimate culmination in the com-
ing of the Christ again to the
world to rule aa th# world 'has
never yet been ..ruled.
Deathbeds are piteous, in-
deed. when the dying one real-
Izea that he has lived apart from
Cod and has played a losing
soul is soon to pass.
•ut whan one's heart and
Of th# Divino, lift It mode full |
with the eternal mlaaion which
dearth does not end, but only an- j
targes.
lion.
, menf, hr burst out with the cry:
' 0. niy father, my father, the char-
iot of Ini sel and the horsemen
1 thereof "
j And throwing himself bv the aid#
| of the .couch he gave way to weeping
He wept, but not for the prophet,
! a* he had expected but for himself.
There came to hi* heart a sense of
[I person*! weakness and need which ho
had never felt before*but which 'be
| morally weak, atripiied of superficial
; SO tf COW Ed safe, always feel in the
presence of goodness and moral
.trens'h He re-uembered afterwards
gam#. Ms nee not buitded wits thinking that ir the coming into the
God in this tifo and baa no placo < >4 pretence of the prophet of God could
with God t« the lift to which the jj t j,jm so, — ****•--
what would It be to
| come Into the very presence of God?
Rut that It was not time for Idle
purposes ere linked with those < > tears was evident, for In commanding
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voice the prophet bade him rise. and.
pointing to the corner of the chamber,
said, sternly:
Take the bow and arrow* ”
Submissive as a child obeying Its
parent, the king reached forth and
THE BTORY. took the how and arrows In his hands.
— and turned and looked at the prophet
UK kin* had seen people die be wnh wondering eyes
fore, but never bad be beheld such Put thine h*n<r^opon the bow "
deathbed as that He had stood by I He did so, and the prophet raising
Ihe couch of hla father. Jehoahax, as himself mum his elbow, laid his grit-
le had passed from this life to the! tied old hand u(k>d that of the young-
[rcat bey (tad He had seen that help- <»r man. and then with a'audden earn-
«. haunted look In thp deep~e#t eye# eat Intensity he exclaimed:
ter which the nitstv film of death - ’ippen the window eastward and
gradually creeping He had shoot!”
•rd the words of regret OTer the , in a mechanical sort of way the
[To lived and those of fear it. thefs-e king shot, little sensing the stgntfi-
linpcndlng death. There was noth caw* of the act until the prophet
of hope or comfort there O^y cried, eage-ly:
i-lcne-- and despair. “The arrow of the 1-ord's deliver-
|ftut how different was the deathbed ance, and the arrow of dellvaranco
tha prophet Kttvha Word had j from Syria: for thou shall smite th*
Lme one day all unexiiected and sud | Syrians in Aphek till them hast con-
that the a«ed prophet was sick, anmed then)”
[d the king had gone thither Mule | The prophet eyed him with a
ntnet had he had with th^ prophet \ searching look and seemed disappoint-
■ring his life He had treated him j ed that the king did not manifest an
Ith Indifference and dMain. con enthusiastic spirit, for almost Impa-
ct to live hla life of wicked pleas j Gently he exclaimed:
j., and unmindful of the rebuke# an ! Take the arrows and smite upon
treaties of this aged servant of God the ground ”
r.i be sure he was familiar with all Never did
wonderful history of Kllsha's serv-
to Israel, of how time and time
when famine and war menaced
King Joash forget the
words of reproach and grief which the
prophet spoke when be had smitten
three times and stayed, and year#
of the nation, the prophet had after when the third victory over the
rd in the name of his God and
bt deliverance. Hut free from
serious troubles in his own king
and at peace with all the nations
King Jonah had seen no occa^
o bother himself about the
[•hot.
ha only time ho bad over known
[father, Jeboahas, to bumble him
i boforo Elisha had been when the
a heats had threatened to de-
the nation, and well he remem-
I how in th* strength of the prom
th* prophet his father had gone
tad won n hard-earned victory
the forces of th* king of Syria.
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s-jsas«l5^
king of Syria had been won he real-
ised the significance of tha prophet’s
words: "Th<|u shouldest have smit-
ten five or six times: then hadst thou
euiltten Syria till thou hadst con-
sumed It; whereas now thou ‘Shalt
smite Syria but thrice.’'
Youthful California Family.
Father, mtothor and child, all under
the age of 17, and therefore noted
down In th* school census marshals
book, la on* of the interesting and re-
markable incidents developed here
during the last few days, since Cen-
Argall began work. The
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■ THE WARD BOSSES
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By ERNEST M'GAFFEY
Du&trt
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delegatee la a con-
likes and exceedingly bloat to
way of patting things. Bat he
neither be wheedled tu
The mere fact that he
-the support of hla
ventioa to a certain candidate
determine that b« would
candidate at the polls oa election,
just so far ns hla word went, that
promise waa iron-clad and IrrevocaW*.
Time waa when a ''boa*” waa to b*
marked by hla reputation for phyateal
prowess. But the** day* are to the
sere and yellow leaf. Strange to aay,
even in the toughest of the “tough”
wards, the “leaders" are very s*ldo—
cow men who depend on their “knock
down and drag out” abiliUe*. Th*
"boes” of today aspires to to a
“dresser" and a wit. not a "slugger*
Pugilism Is left to tta regular expon-
ents, and though many of the “bo*—*”
may be petrous of tha sparring
matches, they bare given th* rough-
and-tumble method of the past th*
good-by. and plume ttom—lv— SB
smoother plana to achieve success.
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■ If They rl*« and fall, and one
makes room for another
V V The fluctuations In politics i
are as sudden and abrupt |
as the changes In the stock mar- j
ket, and the ’’boas" of last
ART) “bosses" come and go. \ rushed from the room, with a perfect mayor’s office and
It was
bowl of cheers following him.
bis last appearance in politics.
The term “political boas” images to
most people s stoutly-built man with a
plug hat and a large diamond, who
year i smokes long black cigars and role*
Pltl- j hl» ward or district with a rod of iron.
against
to the legislator**
th* vice of drink-
lo protest
lag.
The average ‘potlticai boos” is la
politics strictly for “what fa in it.” and
that means that he is neither la the
game for his health, hla recreation nor
his spiritual welfare. And why not ?
morally
be an elimination of “bosses
politics, because leaders are
absolute necesaity in every
meat, and prime ministers and
presidents are aa surely political
'bosses’' a* are the ward politicians
who hold their wards in the hollow of
their band*
Some people, good people, too. hare 1
started in to fight "bosses,” and bava j
ended up by co-operating with them
and getting their aid to Improve con-
ditions In certain districts Fighting
a political ’boas ” is an uphill Job. for
"the respectable*." oo-called, are uou
ally too buoy to give any assistance,
and th# “boys" are all with the “boss ’*
I remember a reformer who tried h>
win out on the presidency of n ward
elub agaJast the "boss ” He tried
twa years and was defeated, but the
third term he seemed to be our# of
success Nearly every one of th#
members of the club promised him
aid. and Dugan, as I wii! call him, had
high hope*. The eight of the election,
with 199 members present, Dugan's
name was put before the club amid *
storm of applause. Hts nomination
was seconded by at least five addi-
tional speeches, each a glowing eulogy
of “Danny Dugan’s staunch qualities
and service# to the party.” Dugan sat
entranced with th# praise# which were
being handed out to him. The “boas’ ”
candidate, Casey, was nominated tn a
faalf-dotea word# and feebly seeonded
by only on* Individual.
Dugan hlujself was appointed one of
the tetter*, and a roar of approbation
•hook the hell aa the chairman an-
nounced hla selection. Dugan went up
and down the aisles, and everybody
msv be the nlainest of plain , .
the ensuing year On# thin* Sometimes he is represented as a man Do business or profeeaJonal men enter
• -"s £*<£'sr.x sstsssrr
ln citizen to help out the constituents boes” has one fixed, set idea, and that
roov<^ i whose votes he harvests on election is to “get there,” as he would express
day. He Is generally typified as elo-
quently profane, and story-writers de-
light to set him down invariably aa of
Irish birth.
As a matter of fact, however, there
Sre Just as many different “boast* ' as
it; to accumulate a large roll of sim»
leona and then retire to tome respec-
table residence portion of the city and
hick
Such a thing
something that
“boss” win harbor, for to tons eao-
adence Is * dead letter 1* politic* Bed-
sides, a “boss" may to to oat party
on* year, and on th* other aid* at tha
fence the next year. He i
a measure at first
and fight it. Expedieaiey is Ms watch-
word, aad. to will support a ssaa
whom to cordially d*sp«e*s If to cam
see advantage to bimaetf tn the end.
The gaeatlons of party principle* boa*
aa exceedingly hazy interest to htoa.
for tto class with which to mfngtaa,
tl
| hare no time at aS
- economy, aad no
: Urn ethical tide at poBtica
l It waa a matter of genuine (nearest
[ to meet tto various *%os*as,” big and
j little, and' weigh them aad analyse
f them aa they came hate sey porspse-
t tive. They wer* always a trtfio cart-
( ofs* am 'to Just to* I happened to to to
| polities, and I ass gait# certain they
| were decidedly ascertain as tn JssF
‘ bow I came to to holding dyw» a fljr-
saUried position when I could not ds-
| liver delegates. and yet, meeting ne
; in the gam* a: every tarn, tram tto
primaries to tto national convent4*—,
: they knew 1 was “keeping case*,” as
they may have expressed it, and that
its some mysteries# way I mane to of
some value in tto asm tom! at eto-
meeta making up political life.
The question of silent “hosnes” and
talkative "booses" Is on* which has
been vnHn—fy reviewed, and tto av-
erage judgment has been that tto
si-lent "to—” w— tto grant power.
The tori waa that tto ’“attest”' to—
could talk fast enough xrtos to want-
ed to and th* talkative bo— could
’stand pat” when he an desired If st -
was the nature of a “tons” tn talk to
did so? if to w— naturally a secretive
jpaa. to kept still generally The moot
effective combination wns tto “Bo—”
who could talk or keep still — oers-
j
forget the low, coarse mob with which j *1ob demanded, aad who could neither
rither
bettor
there are satloanlttS— in tbe iarg-*
be was compelled to associate while goaded n< r coaxed Into
he was getting Ms start. The sucre- { «■ ***Mt “•
ful ones do this, end tbe unsuccessful Judgment
cities, for a “bo—" is simply a leader ones remain at the same old stand, re. I* coo'-d to said in favor of nearly
fl>r the time being, and that may be : v;!tng th# ingratitude of the ones who' every rwnl ward “to— that,to w—
for a few months, a few years or “made the riffle1’ and got away with *■ or*tor- in ^ MUM ^ *
longer. And eome of the moot euc- their "bundle" silver-tongued spell binder. Many of
ce—ful of nl] ’bosses." politically
speaking, hare been Americans The
present president of th# United States
Ward “be***#" often combine to ar-
. , compUsh rwsulta. and they often cut i
is on# of the roost masterful of pollti- j |fc# KrouDd f„im wAer OM ,0mh#r
cal bosses W ho In hla party dare j the slightest compunction. I
Who In hla party dare
openly —y him “nay” wdth any hope
j of winning out against his rock-rooted
strength?
The “bo—” in the cities, however,
especially tbe typical ward "boss." Is
often a man who may be evolved
elth*r accident or design Sometime#
a man go— Into the game to help *
friond out, or to satisfy a grudge, and
th# glamor of the thing attraejs him
and he *tnys In. to finally emerge as
| a full-blown "leader" And some one
I of the young fellows who go Into poli
tics deliberately will work on for
; years tn the same ward, growing up
; with the people who live there, tdenti-
j fylng himself with them and their In
terestn and finally winning the confi-
dence of his constituents so lastingly
never knew but one “bow" who—»
them could give good,
talk*, aad effective ones. too. but they
11 not assay to split tto weiain with
t*-ir perorations, and rather despised
tn their hearts tto “wind jama—r” and
his periods At tto same time, for a
genuinely great speaker they had a
’V’ujij
m
M
word was absolutely and entirely to j
zxt ".s, r -
I could tell to n certainty about how hi* }
b-T ward would go, and if he gave his
word aa to the delegate* he never un-
nvali them-
selves of his services if to cottld
“make good" with anything to help on
, . .. , n campaign,
der any circumstance# broke Hel krxgst goarm
was a man of strong tike* and die [ (Owrrisht. net. by Joseph B Bowl—.)
LONGEVITY IN HOT CLIMATES
Tropical. Race* Ars Shown
Much Longer Lived.
to
Became In tropical countries more
that they will vote almost to a man a* decayed vegetable matter is found and
he wishes. j in consequence more miasma, th# Idea
A true "boos” both follows aad
leads. He knows what hla "people”
want, and he does not stray far away
gave him the “glad hand" and folded j from their desires. If bis ward has a
their ballots and to—ed them into th# constituency which favors a liberal in-
hat he carried with “There’s another terpretatlon of the liquor question he
for you. Dan. old boy." or “Hurrah for is for the “open" Sunday, and even
Danny Dugan.'
He had a ballot shoved at htm with
th> Injunction, "Maka it unanimous,
Danny; hurl In n vote for year own
ticket,” nod he put his ballot tn the
other teller's bst and sat down in the
seventh heaven of anticipation. The
eouatlng waa flaished in n few raln-
u«e* and Dugan smiled as to saw the
ballots all going over to one side. "It's
ft lilk-away." he whispered to the
man next to Mm." "It's n landslide,"
Mid hla neighbor. Th*
stepped to the front of th*
fBHWi
the all-night —loon, it necessary. He
Is strong on th* subject of “the poor
man's club” and hot against “blue
laws” and for the maximum of “per-
sonal liberty.” Incidentally, he favor*
a low license, usually.
If a "bow” lives in a Prohibition dis-
trict he fulminst— against “the de-
mon rum” aad prints out atattatically
the rule wrought by drink. This may
not prevent him from having his
“hlgh-balis” ni th#
paga* at th*
J has become popular that only vigorous
health and long life are likely In
northern latitude* where froet now
and then asserts Itself. The fact that
humanity matures much earlier la
tropical climes seem# to warrant the
conclusion that It must necessarily
perish much earlier. Dr. Lugi 8am-
bon of Rome attempts to put the pop
ular Impression to sleep by aa elab-
orate exhibition of statistics.
He doesn’t contend that tto warm-
est climate It tto moat suitable to a
man, under th# condition* of modern
civilization, but to remonstrates vig-
orously against the Idem that n crid
and variable climate in th* moat con-
ducive to th* physical and I
ieetual improvement of tto
race.
He showa that tto peopl* who live
along the unbeattbful coast* of Cen-
tral and South America survive tto In-
habitants of tto higher aad cooler alti-
tude* of the Interior. He show* also
that tto Hindus, who often reach
puberty ns early as nine years, Bv*
to a surprising old age. Tto tnbnbj-
taais of tto southern coaatri** of
Europe are found to Uv# much longer
than those of the more northern lati-
tude.
To Illustrate, In England tn a popu-
lation of 87.000000 there are but 14i
centenarians, while in
a population of tot
are 401 centenarian* Tto
tlM are that the greet 1
in southern
cities, and
* fault of the
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is
*
race. While north
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